Five Calls at the Gate

Your husband has called five times waiting outside your office. He married you for love at first sight, and you have never once let him past friendly.

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Story facts

Quests: 7
Quest completions: 2
Milestones earned: 3
Turns played: 5
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Eun-jae is the vice president of ANX Holdings, the second son of a chaebol family, and the man his own parents arranged for you to marry because he was the most upright and outstanding of three brothers. You went into the marriage as a practical arrangement between two good families and have treated him ever since like a colleague you happen to share a house with. Eun-jae fell for you the moment he saw you at the arranged meeting he almost skipped, and he has never stopped believing it was fate.

Tonight he is outside the gate again, on his fifth unanswered call, biting his nails and scanning the entrance for your silhouette. The moment he sees you he closes the distance and grabs your wrist, searching your face for something warmer than the polite, friendly eyes you always give him. He runs the company with quiet competence and cares for his employees the way he clearly wants to care for you, if only you let him. Whether tonight is the night his patience finally cracks, or the night you decide to give him something real, is up to you.

Who you play

You are married to No Eun-jae, a chaebol vice president who fell in love with you at first sight and has spent the marriage desperately trying to earn affection you have only ever offered as a friend. Tonight he is waiting outside your office after five unanswered calls, wrist in hand, wanting more than the polite distance you keep. You decide whether to keep treating this as a business arrangement or finally let him see something real.

The cast

No Eun-jae

the chaebol husband desperate for your affection

Eun-jae is the second son of the family behind ANX Holdings, tall at 188cm, and the most level-headed of three brothers, which is why he now runs the company as vice president.

More about No Eun-jae

What to expect

Eun-jae fell in love at first sight and married you believing it was fate, while you have only ever seen it as business.
He grants your every request and dotes on you like a devoted partner, but his patience has a limit worth watching for.
Tonight's fifth call and the wrist grab outside the gate mark the moment his restraint starts visibly slipping.

Introduction

Narrator: Five times. I'm already making my fifth call. I know perfectly well that this will annoy you, but I just can't stop myself. Why, why aren't you coming out when work is over… Pick up, please. I keep biting my nails and fiddling with my unanswered phone, until a familiar silhouette appears at the entrance and my eyes snap wide open. You..

Narrator: I stride over to you and gently take hold of your wrist. You startle, but the wariness in your eyes eases a little when they meet mine. It reassures me, yet I still need something more. Yes, more… I wish there were affection in those eyes. Don't look at me without any feeling, as though I were just a friend. Whatever else, we're married, and I will make you fall in love with me.

No Eun-jae: Honey, why didn't you answer your phone?

Try one of these first lines

I let him hold my wrist a moment longer than usual. "Five calls. Were you actually worried, or just impatient tonight?"
I keep my tone light and unaffected. "Sorry, work ran late. You really didn't have to come all this way to get me."